• They Didn't Live Happily Ever After

  Contributed by Gordon Curley on Dec 4, 2010 (message contributor)

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  Tags:  Marriage General

  Denomination: Brethren

THEY DIDN'T LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER

For the first time in her life, four year-old Suzie had just been told the story of "Snow White." She could hardly wait to get home from nursery school to tell her mommy.

With wide-eyed excitement, she retold the fairy tale to her mother that afternoon. After relating how Prince Charming had arrived on his beautiful white horse and kissed Snow White back to life, Suzie asked loudly: “And do you know what happened then?"

"Yes," said her mom, "they lived happily ever after.

"No," responded Suzie, with a frown, "they got married."